Patents by Inventor PRIMESENSE LTD.

PRIMESENSE LTD. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20140153001
    Abstract: An optical scanning device includes a substrate, which is etched to define an array of two or more parallel micromirrors and a support surrounding the micromirrors. Respective spindles connect the micromirrors to the support, thereby defining respective parallel axes of rotation of the micromirrors relative to the support. One or more flexible coupling members are connected to the micromirrors so as to synchronize an oscillation of the micromirrors about the respective axes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: PRIMESENSE LTD.
    Inventor: PRIMESENSE LTD.
  • Publication number: 20130207970
    Abstract: Mapping apparatus includes a transmitter, which emits a beam comprising pulses of light, and a scanner, which is configured to scan the beam, within a predefined scan range, over a scene. A receiver receives the light reflected from the scene and to generate an output indicative of a time of flight of the pulses to and from points in the scene. A processor is coupled to control the scanner so as to cause the beam to scan over a selected window within the scan range and to process the output of the receiver so as to generate a 3D map of a part of the scene that is within the selected window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: PRIMESENSE LTD.
    Inventor: PRIMESENSE LTD.
  • Publication number: 20130202161
    Abstract: A method for face detection includes capturing a depth map and an image of a scene and selecting one or more locations in the image to test for presence of human faces. At each selected location, a respective face detection window is defined, having a size that is scaled according to a depth coordinate of the location that is indicated by the depth map. Apart of the image that is contained within each face detection window is processed to determine whether the face detection window contains a human face. Similar methods may also be applied in identifying other object types.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: PRIMESENSE LTD.
    Inventor: PRIMESENSE LTD.
  • Publication number: 20130136305
    Abstract: Apparatus (20) for 3D mapping of an object (28) includes an illumination assembly (30), including a coherent light source (32) and a diffuser (33), which are arranged to project a primary speckle pattern on the object. A single image capture assembly (38) is arranged to capture images of the primary speckle pattern on the object from a single, fixed location and angle relative to the illumination assembly. A processor (24) is coupled to process the images of the primary speckle pattern captured at the single, fixed angle so as to derive a 3D map of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: PRIMESENSE LTD.
    Inventor: PRIMESENSE LTD.
  • Publication number: 20130120841
    Abstract: Optical apparatus includes first and second diffractive optical elements (DOEs) arranged in series to diffract an input beam of radiation. The first DOE is configured to apply to the input beam a pattern with a specified divergence angle, while the second DOE is configured to split the input beam into a matrix of output beams with a specified fan-out angle. The divergence and fan-out angles are chosen so as to project the radiation onto a region in space in multiple adjacent instances of the pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2013
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: PRIMESENSE LTD.
    Inventor: PRIMESENSE LTD.
  • Publication number: 20130106692
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing data includes a projector, which is configured to project content onto at least a part of a scene. A processor is configured to detect a location of an eye of a person in the scene and to control the projector so as to reduce an intensity of the projected content in an area of the eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: PRIMESENSE LTD.
    Inventor: PRIMESENSE LTD.
  • Publication number: 20130107021
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide apparatus and methods for interactive reality augmentation, including a 2-dimensional camera (36) and a 3-dimensional camera (38), associated depth projector and content projector (48), and a processor (40) linked to the 3-dimensional camera and the 2-dimensional camera. A depth map of the scene is produced using an output of the 3-dimensional camera, and coordinated with a 2-dimensional image captured by the 2-dimensional camera to identify a 3-dimensional object in the scene that meets predetermined criteria for projection of images thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: PRIMESENSE LTD.
    Inventor: PRIMESENSE LTD.